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NECTAR AND POLLEN FORAGING BY BUMBLE BEES (HYMENOPTERA: APIDAE): CHOICE AND TRADEOFFS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

C.M.S. Plowright*
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5
A. Silverman
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5
*
1 Author to whom all corresponding should be addressed (E-mail: [email protected]).

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